The Russian services would have spied on the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the use of new weapons on military bases, including an American one, located in Germany, affirms Friday August 26 the German weekly
Der Spiege
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The German military counterintelligence service MAD would have “
clues
” on these espionage operations, according to the weekly.
Two sites in particular would have been the subject of surveillance, the base of Idar-Oberstein (Rhineland-Palatinate) and that of Grafenwöhr (Bavaria), managed by the American army.
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German counterintelligence reports in particular the presence of vehicles near the entrance to military camps In Idar-Oberstein, the German army was training Ukrainian soldiers in the use of the "
Panzerhaubitze 2000
" howitzer, while 'At Grafenwöhr, the US Armed Forces were training Ukrainians in Western artillery systems.
According to the MAD, the training grounds were also flown over several times by small drones.
The German services also suspect Russia of having tried to spy on the mobile phones of Ukrainians undergoing training in Germany.
The MAD fears that the Russian services are trying to eliminate opponents who have fled Russia to take refuge in Germany, or possible deserters and defectors from the security forces.
Germany has been the scene of several espionage cases in recent years, attributed to Russian services.
The latter are also suspected of having ordered the assassination in the heart of a Chechen opponent of Georgian nationality.
